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steal

 
Noun steal has 2 senses
  1. bargain, buy, steal - an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
    --1 is a kind of purchase
    --1 has particulars: song; travel bargain
  2. steal - a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
    --2 is a kind of
    baseball, baseball game, ball
    Derived form: verb steal3
Verb steal has 4 senses
  1. steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"
    --1 is one way to
    take
    Derived forms: noun stealer1, noun stealing1
    Sample sentence:
    They steal the money
  2. steal, slip - move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
    --2 is one way to move
    Derived form: noun stealing2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. steal - steal a base
    --3 is one way to
    gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
    Derived form: noun steal2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. sneak, mouse, creep, steal, pussyfoot - to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
    --4 is one way to walk
    Derived form: noun stealing2
    Sample sentence:
    The children steal to the playground
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